Diet

Bears are predators by nature, vegetarians by preference and omnivorous by necessity. About 75 percent of their diet is strictly plant: ripe forest fruits, berries, plums, beech acorns, seeds, mushrooms, roots, polipody, corn, even grass.

A bear’s menu varies from one season to another, depending on what would require minimal effort on the part of the animal. A thorough scavenger, it gathers and eats anything it can lay its paws on. In autumn, when there is abundant food, the bear is in a feeding frenzy, reaching its maximum body weight and stockpiling energy that would allow it to spend the winter hibernating, without food.

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